You claim to be a progressive? Snort! You are pining for a time when women were second class citizens whose lives were controlled by men. Not very progressive, and also, good luck with that... And did it never occur to you that pretty much all women have been sexually harassed and assaulted by men - since they were children - and that this might have something to do with their distrust of men?
If gender relations are "in the shitter" it's because a lot of men don't want to be equal partners and women are sick of it. If you are an actual sapiophile, you ought to educate yourself on this instead of just making up emotional stories in your head. Gender roles, are extremely harmful, even to men. They tell people who they are allowed to be rather than letting them be themselves. Again, not in the least progressive (or smart) to believe they are a good thing.
"Young men’s mental health is in a worrisome state. Their bravado masks deep insecurities, depression, and frequent thoughts of suicide. Men in the Man Box in the US and UK are statistically significantly more likely to meet a screening standard for depression than men outside the Man Box. Furthermore, all young men’s rates of suicidal ideation are troubling, with particularly high rates among men in the Man Box."
"Married women, even those without children, do the bulk of the housework even when they work outside the home. In fact, the more a woman earns, the higher the percentage of chores she will typically perform. “The more economically dependent men are on their wives, the less housework they do. Even women with unemployed husbands spend considerably more time on household chores than their spouses.” It’s a not-so-subtle way of asserting, “But, I’m still the man!”
"After being told their whole lives that they are only complete people if they become wives and mothers, many women are discovering that they are just fine as singletons — some of them as never-married people and some of them as never-again divorcees or widows. The trend seems to be related to a desire for greater independence and autonomy and to have the kinds of love relationships that do not inhibit that."
Also, shall we return to the times when Black people knew their place and their role in society? Because that is a part of the same social hierarchy system.
